Monthly Archives: October 2005
Home Invasion
Hey, does that new Iraqi constitution have a Bill of Rights, and if so, does that include a statement something like this. No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Iraq, Military, War on Terror
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Housekeeping Note
Just a quick note to say that I’m making some changes to the blog, in order to decrease the demands it makes on the server, and the load time that you see on your end. I’ve disabled the theme switcher, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs
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Libby Indicted
On five felony counts; one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and two counts of making false statements. And he resigns. What, if anything, does this mean four Rove who — after four appearances before the grand … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Current Events, Karl Rove Scandal, Politics
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“I Just Wish I Could Stop Shitting Blood”
The White House smacks the Onion, the Onion smacks ‘em back? I laughed for 20 minutes after seeing this, until I wept. The only thing better would be to see Rove and Cheney indicted today. Technorati Tags: bush, current events, … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Crazy Stuff, Current Events, Humor
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Another 10blogs for Friday
It’s funny, but if you check out the Technorati tag for 10blogs, it looks like I’m the only one using that tag with any regularity. Not that I mind, but it’d be more interesting if more people did it more … Continue reading
On the First Day of Fitzmas …
Fitzgerald gave to me, an indictment for Scooter Libby. Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe, plans to ask members of the grand jury to indict Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, a … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Current Events, Karl Rove Scandal, Politics
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Frapper
I don’t know how I missed hearing about Frappr until now, but it looks pretty neat. It allows you to put in your zip code (not your address) to be added to a map as a part of a group. … Continue reading
Noah’s Arc
I finally sat down and watched Noah’s Arc, the Logo network’s new black gay show. Travel and other time commitments kept me from watching the premier last week, but thanks to Tivo I was able to get caught up. I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Gay Rights, Race, Television
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Why?
Mike Lukovich of the Atlanta Journal Constitution turns the names of the U.S. dead in Iraq into the 2,000+ casualty question. (Download the PDF at the link to see the names.) Check out the comments. Sad to say, most of … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Current Events, Iraq, Politics, War on Terror
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Post-Plame Employment
We’ve finally, finally reached the point — in the long, slow grift that got us into Iraq — where somebody might finally lose their job. And it’s the reporter? New York Times reporter Judith Miller has begun discussing her future … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Iraq, Karl Rove Scandal, Politics, War on Terror
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Miers Yoinked
Miers withdraws. And just in time to perhaps divert media attention away from the indictments expected to come down any day now. President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, according to a statement from … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Courts, Current Events, Karl Rove Scandal, Politics, Supreme Court
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Plame Grand Jury No. 2?
Via Hunter at DailyKos comes Richard Sale’s report that a second grand jury may be empaneled to go after Cheney. That Vice President Cheney is at the center of the controversy comes is no surprise. Last Friday, Fitzgerald investigators were … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Iraq, Karl Rove Scandal, Politics, War on Terror
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Indictment Watch Continues
Looks like I may have guessed right. Raw Story is reporting that Fitzgerald has asked the grand jury to indict Libby and Rove Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has asked the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Karl Rove Scandal, Politics
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Not Today
No indictments today, says CNN. If that’s the case, we can’t expect anything until Friday at the earliest, since grand juries meet on Wednesdays and Fridays. Getting the news on Friday would suck for the news cycle, because anything that … Continue reading
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Swoopes Finally Says It
I’m not a sports follower, as I’ve said before. However, there are some things that are obvious to me. LIke when the WNBA started up I simply assumed that there would probably be more than a few lesbians among the … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Current Events, Gay Rights, Race, Sports
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